I am a trans nonbinary, disabled, and hard-of-hearing person whose families are Hawaiian, Japanese, and White.

In my 14 years of community care work, my focus has been in supporting children, youth, adults, and families in comprehensive holistic resource access through a cultural and trauma informed lens. 

Hi, I’m Haku

Clinical Social Work Associate

I believe in the radical possibilities of change and transformation that exist when we have the safety, trust, and established therapeutic relationship to build towards restorative experiences.

Approach

I believe that storytelling is a way to understand the threads of our lives.

Together, we’ll collaborate to build a therapeutic container that is responsive to your needs by weaving narrative therapy, internal family systems, somatic inquiry, and solutions-focused therapy into our work.

It can be hard to find the words and language to understand and explain our experiences. This is why world-building through art and play therapy is essential to my approach.

I view therapy as a practice of collaboration, in trusting people as the experts of their own lives, and of building towards the self-identified skills and experiences that folks would like to explore together, on their own, and in their communities.

Who I work with

I work with children, adolescents, and adults who who are seeking someone with skill and understanding in lived experiences of being Black, Indigenous, a Person of Color, 2SLGBTQIA+ and might be experiencing:

  • Adjustment Difficulties

  • Chronic illness

  • Depression

  • Neurodivergence

  • Religious Trauma

  • Trauma Recovery

  • Disabilities

  • Grief

  • Life Transitions

Services

1-on-1 Therapy

Our work will be a practice of collaboration, trusting you as the experts of your own life, and of building towards the self-identified skills and experiences that you wish to explore – be it together, on your own, and/or in your communities.

I am available for virtual sessions with limited in person and evening availability.

Consultation

I provide consultation services to support in building responsive practices rooted in values of disability justice, gender justice, and racial justice.

Facilitation

I build and facilitate responsive programming rooted in values of disability justice, gender justice, and racial justice.

Contact

All appointments are for people living in the state of Oregon.
I am available for virtual sessions with limited in-person and evenings sessions